Career and placement

After graduating from a Domus Academy Master’s Programme, students can extend their residence permit to work in Italy for up to one year. The Domus Academy Career Service helps students in their transition from the academic world to the professional world. Through career guidance, advice and trainings, the service assists students in setting their professional goals, assessing their personal strengths and creative skills, and identifying for them the best employment opportunities.

Domus Academy’s entrepreneurial approach allows students to gain valuable professional experience. Our unique offering expands students’ personal and professional networks and deepens their expertise, augmenting their skills, vision and values. Students are counselled on which of our highly tailored professional experience placements is best suited to them:

- Internship: while working for a company the student will complete assignments that are part of a real project.

- Field Learning Experience: as a consultant the student will collaborate with other creatives and develop a real project for a company, while supervised by a project leader.

Moreover, if the students’ vision is to become an entrepreneur, Domus Academy will provide mentoring support and help them acquire business and managerial skills, combining a practical and a theoretical approach. Students will receive step-by-step mentoring, gain exclusive insight into their industry of choice and make valuable connections that will further their career. Non-EU students are eligible to participate in professional experience placements and can extend their residence permit in order to work in Italy for up to one year after completing their degree.

95%

EMPLOYMENT RATE WITHIN ONE YEAR*

*Note: employment % within one year from the degree, as certified in a survey on Domus Academy students graduated in 2017. Survey conducted in 2019 by IPSOS (leader in market research).